copy file from 1 freenas to another freenas

[Caffe Mocha]

Hello eveyone
Long story short, I need to do backup between home and office , but the file size is around 1.5Tb, so I intend to do first time backup in the same location, after that I move the machine to my home, after that use replication to backup the snapshots.
my question is that how to do copy file from 1 freenas to another? (the question sounds dumb ：) , so far , I'll used rsysn but cpu ain't powerful enough to move file fast enough (100% cpu loading)
the next question is my backup methods sounds right ? or is there a better method?

Thanks

 

[styno]

Is it rsync over SSH or just plain rsync? The former uses your CPU for encryption & compression of the stream.
Alternatives for a network file copy are scp, (s)ftp(s), maybe rdist or a direct nfs mount although that is not something you want to do over the Internet.
If you can get the backup data in it's own dataset a zfs replication task would be your best option. (Or just sync it to the cloud.)

 

[Sakuru]

Replicate everything the first time, then change the IP address once you move the box.

 

[depasseg]

intend to do first time backup in the same location

after that use replication to backup the snapshots

These aren't 2 different actions. You don't copy and then replicate. Just setup replication and use that to create the initial copy. Then move the system, change the address and continue replication.

 

[Caffe Mocha]

I finally, successfully make replication works.
a quick question tho, should I do snapshots on home system?
is there pros or cons for doing this?

 

[MrToddsFriends]

should I do snapshots on home system?
is there pros or cons for doing this?

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[depasseg]

I finally, successfully make replication works.
a quick question tho, should I do snapshots on home system?
is there pros or cons for doing this?

Yes.

Pros:
you have a way to either recover a file/folder that you might have deleted/corrupted.
Snapshot state is what gets replicated. So without snapshots, replication isn't performing optimally.

Cons:
Depending on usage, they can take up space (snapshots keep whatever you've modified/deleted since the snapshot was taken).